Nowgong, Chhatarpur - a city and former military center, Chattarpur District, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Shortly thereafter, authority over Bundelkhand was placed under the Resident at Gwalior, and the headquarters of the political assistant was moved to Nowgong, which remained until 1947.
In 1952, these institutions at Nowgong, Ajmer, Belgaum and Bangalore were re-designated to King Georges School (KGS).
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The King George Royal Indian Military College was renamed as King George’s School and shifted to Nowgong (Bundelkhand) in August 1952 where it was housed in ‘Old Kitchner College buildings’.
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The King George’s School Nowgong was relocated to its current location in Chail in Himachal Pradesh on July 1, 1960.
The station caters to the localities of Chhatarpur, Mehrauli village, Kishangarh Village and Vasant Kunj area and also the huge number of devotees who visit Chhatarpur temple.
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As the station was expected to see a ridership of about 11,723 passengers daily by 2011 in Vasant Kunj area and the Chhatarpur temple, DMRC decided to construct the station using a special design costing an additional 30 to 50% expense to construct the station within the time frame.
Harpalpur City was inhabited by Raja Harpal Singh Maharaj Ju Dev Alipura, which is situated at a distance of 55 KM from the district headquarter Chhatarpur, and 100 km from the world-famous tourist spot Khajuraho.
Hindoo Holiday (1932, revised and expanded 1952), a memoir of Ackerley's brief engagement as secretary to an Indian Maharaja in the city of Chhatarpur, which he called Chhokrapur (meaning "City of Boys") as a joke in the book.
Bora contested the 1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election, finish in third place in the Nowgong (SC) constituency with 25,377 votes
Two notable Yogini temples in Madhya Pradesh are the 9th century CE Chaunsath yogini temple to the southwest of the western group of temples in Khajuraho, near Chhatarpur in Chhatarpur District and the 10th century CE Chaunsath yogini mandir in Bhedaghat, near Jabalpur in Jabalpur district.